CVE-2022-21718: Exposure of Resource to Wrong Sphere

March 22, 2022 (updated July 24, 2023)

Electron is a framework for writing cross-platform desktop applications using JavaScript, HTML and CSS. A vulnerability in versions prior to 17.0.0-alpha.6, 16.0.6, 15.3.5, 14.2.4, and 13.6.6 allows renderers to obtain access to a bluetooth device via the web bluetooth API if the app has not configured a custom select-bluetooth-device event handler. This has been patched and Electron versions 17.0.0-alpha.6, 16.0.6, 15.3.5, 14.2.4, and 13.6.6 contain the fix. Code from the GitHub Security Advisory can be added to the app to work around the issue.

References

github.com/advisories/GHSA-3p22-ghq8-v749
github.com/electron/electron/pull/32178
github.com/electron/electron/pull/32240
github.com/electron/electron/security/advisories/GHSA-3p22-ghq8-v749
nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-21718

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